Desk/secretary, 1730-35. Gilded pine, paint, varnished linden wood, decoupage prints, mirror. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
This Italian secretary is ideal for storage, and writing letters. It contains the most delightful scenes of seasons, travelers and various modes of transport. The drawers below feature pastoral scenes, and the inside has been more recently lined with silk.
I'd definitely get this. It's adorable!
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty but too busy!
ReplyDeleteIt's yummy. I love it.
ReplyDelete@Tian Don't you love the little scenes painted on it??
ReplyDelete@Paul Miller Glad to see you! Feels like it has been forever :p
@MadameP maybe next week's piece will be more to your taste!
I adore it
ReplyDeleteYES! I love it!!
ReplyDeletegive me give me give me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOoo! Well, that's ... ornate. Perhaps a bit baroque for my taste, but certainly useful! Perhaps I can give MA one just like it in my novel.
ReplyDeleteI love it. Looks very California mission, really.
ReplyDeleteGoodness, and they say the Italians have taste! I would like to write my letters without feeling like I am in a cathedral confessional, thankyouverymuch.
ReplyDeleteBut confession is good for the soul ;)
ReplyDelete@Polonaise, good point. For someone running around with rakes (@heather) perhaps a confessional-like secretaire would be a benefit.... :o
ReplyDeleteI like it. Though I suspect my liking it is more to do with my compulsive need to open all the drawers and compartments than with the design.
ReplyDeleteOh even a confessional couldn't save me at this point!
ReplyDeleteOh its just beautiful
ReplyDeleteWow! I have just the place for it but sadly not the pocketbook!
ReplyDeleteI love this!!! However, instead of a writing desk I would use it in my bedroom as a place to store small accessories, jewlery, perfume, and special things for my eyes only hehe. And the pattern is a little too much.
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